New Claude Opus 4.7 Model Released

Anthropic has introduced Claude Opus 4.7, an upgraded version of their most capable model for complex tasks, showing improvements in agentic coding and general availability.

May 18, 2026

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Anthropic · claude-opus-4

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# Models overview
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## Choosing a model
If you're unsure which model to use, consider starting with **Claude Opus 4.7** for the most complex tasks. It is our most capable generally available model, with a step-change improvement in agentic coding over Claude Opus 4.6.
All current Claude models support text and image input, text output, multilingual capabilities, and vision. Models are available through the Claude API, [Claude Platform on AWS](/docs/en/build-with-claude/claude-platform-on-aws), [Amazon Bedrock](/docs/en/build-with-claude/claude-in-amazon-bedrock), [Vertex AI](/docs/en/build-with-claude/claude-on-vertex-ai), and [Microsoft Foundry](/docs/en/build-with-claude/claude-in-microsoft-foundry).
Once you've picked a model, [learn how to make your first API call](/docs/en/get-started).
### Latest models comparison
| Feature | Claude Opus 4.7 | Claude Sonnet 4.6 | Claude Haiku 4.5 |
|:--------|:--------------|:------------------|:-----------------|
| **Description** | Our most capable generally available model for complex reasoning and agentic coding | The best combination of speed and intelligence | The fastest model with near-frontier intelligence |
| **Claude API ID** | claude-opus-4-7 | claude-sonnet-4-6 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 |
| **Claude API alias** | claude-opus-4-7 | claude-sonnet-4-6 | claude-haiku-4-5 |

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